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Negotiations on the dam had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/11\/13\/sudan-ethiopia-refuse-to-ratify-gerd-impact-studies\/\">reached a gridlock<\/a> last year, but the three countries <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/01\/30\/egypt-sudan-ethiopia-set-one-month-deadline-to-resolve-issues-in-gerd-talks\/\">agreed in January<\/a> to continue looking for a solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are mixed expectations on how the talks will play out<\/strong>. Diplomatic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorouknews.com\/news\/view.aspx?cdate=04042018&id=9ff54513-27c6-4e88-922c-724f699c2706\">sources speaking to Al Shorouk<\/a> believe the negotiations will ultimately go in Egypt\u2019s favor, as the three countries will focus on coming to an agreement over the results of the environmental impact studies \u2014 which concluded the dam would negatively impact Egypt\u2019s Nile water supply. According to the Declaration of Principles signed in 2015, the three countries must reach consensus over the studies before Ethiopia can fill up the dam\u2019s reservoirs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nonetheless, Egypt will likely be forced to make compromises in the negotiations<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/harvardpolitics.com\/world\/looking-downstream-the-future-of-nile-water-politics\/\">the Harvard Political Review<\/a>. \u201cEgypt should fund the construction of transmission lines, while Ethiopia reduces the rate at which the dam fills.\u201d The report suggests that this would go a long way to resolving one of the pressing issues with the construction of the dam, that is synchronizing the operation of Aswan High Dam with that of GERD so as to not cause as much harm to Egypt. The report does not see a conflict between the countries as likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia kick off GERD talks in Khartoum: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aty, and General Intelligence chief Abbas Kamel arrived in Khartoum yesterday to begin tripartite talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to the Foreign Ministry. 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